(A) The Planning Commission shall consist of seven members. Each member must be a resident of the city. One of the seven members may be an elected public official of the city.
(B) Each member shall be appointed by the Mayor with approval of the City Council.
(C) The term of office for each citizen member of the Planning Commission shall be four years, but the term of office of citizen members first appointed shall be staggered so that a proportionate number serve one, two, three and four years respectively, and later appointments or reappointments shall continue the staggered pattern. Of those first appointed, the first member appointed shall serve a term of four years; the second member appointed shall serve a term of three years; the third member appointed shall serve a term of two years; the fourth member appointed shall serve a term of one year; the fifth member appointed shall serve a term of four years; the sixth member appointed shall serve a term of three years; the seventh member appointed shall serve a term of two years. The term of office of all elected public officials appointed to the Planning Commission shall be the same as their tenure in office.
(D) Vacancies on the Planning Commission shall be filled within 60 days by the Mayor. If the Mayor fails to act within that time, the Planning Commission shall fill the vacancy. When a vacancy occurs, other than through expiration of the term of office, it shall be filled for the remainder of that term.
(E) Any member of the Planning Commission may be removed by the Mayor for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance or conflict of interest. When the Mayor exercises the power to remove a member of the Planning Commission, he or she shall submit a written statement to the Planning Commission setting forth the reasons for removal, and the statement shall be read at the next general meeting of the Planning Commission which shall be open to the general public. The member so removed shall have the right of appeal in the Circuit Court.
(Prior Code, § 35.04)